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Patented May 12, 1914.

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T l nul H. M. STURGIS! ROLL HOLDER FOR TOILET PAPER. APPLICATION mm AUG. 9, 191a.

Patented May 12, 1914.

UNITED STATES PATENT Q 0 FTQE.

HERBERT 1VL STURGIS, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

ROLL-HOLDER FOR TOILET-PAPER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT M. STURcIs,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Roll-Holders for Toilet-Paper, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to roll-holders for toilet paper, and my object is to devise a spring-reel for this purpose which will, in operation, turn to permit the unwinding and severance of a strip of paper of a given length, and thereafter return to original position and present the free end of the next strip of paper in proper position to be taken hold of for the next unwinding operation.

Itis a further object to provide a device of this character which will be simple in construction and operation, and one which will permit the ready renewal of the paper supply as required.

With these objects in view, the invention comprises various novel and peculiar features of construction, all as hereinafter described and claimed; and to afford a clear and complete understanding thereof, reference will be made to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device, the dotted lines showing the positions of certain parts thereof after being rotated; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same, shown in an intermediate position of the delivery operation; Fig. 3 is a horizontal sec tion on the line IIIIII of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow; Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, but with certain parts omitted, and with certain other parts shown in shifted position; Fig. 5 is a vertical section along line V-V of Fig. 4, looking in the direction of the arrow; and Fig. 6 is a plan view of certain parts shown at the left in Fig. 3, the cylinder member being broken away to disclose the parts within.

Referring to the drawings, a bracket 2 is provided for attachment by means of screws 4, or equivalent means, to the wall 6 or other place where the fixture is to be applied, and this bracket is formed with arms 7 and 8 between which is mounted the cylinder or reel 10 which carries the roll of paper 12. To the ends of the cylinder are secured disks 14 and 16 in any suitable manner, as by means Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 9, 1913.

, Patented May 12, 1914. Serial No. 783,901.

of lugs 18 formed on the ends of the cylinder. These disks afiord bearings for the support of th cylinder in journaled relation upon the telescoping rods 20 and 22, the latter being pivoted at 24 in the forked end of the arm 8 and provided with a collar 26 against which abuts one end of a spring 28, bearingat its other end against the inner end of rod 20 to force the outer end of said rod normally into a socket 30 in the arm 7.

Between the disk 14 and a shoulder 32 formed on the rod 20 is mounted asleeve 34, on which is secured acollar 38 equipped with lugs 40 for pivotmgan arm 42, the cylinder 10 being provided with a slot 44 to accommodate the movements of this arm. Upon the sleeve 34 to the right of the collar, as shown in Fig. 1, is also mounted a U- shaped sliding bracket 46, one arm of which is provided with a crossbar 48 adapted to be seated in a recess 50 in the arm 42, and also with cars 52 for embracing the sides of said arm. The other arm of the bracket 46 carries a lug 54 to which is secured one end of a coil spring 56, the other end of which is secured to a pin 58 carried by the collar 26. The cylinder or reel is designed to be partially rotated against the action of this spring 56 by pulling on the free end of the paper on the roll, and the paper severed along the perforated line 60 thereof after a certain tension of the spring has been reached. This tension is preliminarily adjusted to the proper degree by rotating the rod 22 relatively to the rod 20 prior to the fixing of the end of rod 22 in the bracket 8. A lug 62 is struck out from the disk 16 in position to engage one end of the pin 58 so as to insure the severance of the paper should the tension of the spring happen at times to prove unequal to the strength of the paper.

Engaged about the upper portion of the bracket 46 is a yoke 64, which is arranged to fulcrum about one arm of said bracket beneath the lug 54, at which point the yoke is provided with an inclined extension 66 embracing the sleeve 34. The adjacent end of the sleeve 56 bears against this extension, and the inclined position of the latter causes the spring to be compressed slightly more on one side than on the other, thereby tend ing to rock the yoke about its fulcrum. The other end of the yoke is provided with acrossbar 68 which is adapted to be engaged beneath a lug formed on the disk 14;, and thereby latched against the action of the spring 56, as shown in Fig. 3. The disk 16 has formed integrally therewith an arm 72 provided with a laterally extending finger 74, which is adapted to engage with the paper of the roll, below explained.

The operation of the device is as follows: Assuming that the paper on the cylinder or reel 10 has all been used, and it is desired to place a new roll thereon, the arm i2 is pushed to the right in Fig. 3, which causes the rod 20 to be forced to the right against the influence of spring 28, thereby disengaging the rod from its socket 30, so that the reel may be swung out from between the arms 7 and 8, about the pivot 2a. The movement of the yoke (i l to the right has caused its crossbar 68 to become disengaged from the lug 70, so that the yoke is rocked by the spring 56 (as shown in Fig. 4), and its crossbar 68 is raised opposite the vertical edge of the lug 7 0 so that any return movement of the yoke is prevented until its crossbar is again lowered. The arm 4-2 and collar 38 may now be drawn to the left to disengage the crossbar 48 from the recess 50 of the arm, after which the latter can be swung to the dotted line position shown in Fig. d, the disk 14 being provided with a radial slot 76 to accommodate this movement of the arm. In swinging to this position, the arm has engaged and lowered the crossbar 68, so that the yoke and the ibracket l6 are restored by the spring 56 to their original positions. The paper having been placed upon the cylinder, the parts are next swung back between the arms 7 and S. the rod 20 being guided along the beveled surface 78 of the arm 7 and springing again into the socket 30, and the arm 42 being swung back into its former position, in which movement it slightly displaces the crossbar 34 but not enough to unlatch the yoke G l, the crossbar thereafter swinging back into the recess 50 as before. This arm 42, when occupying the slot 44:, is received in a notch provided in one end of the paper roll, so that the cylinder and paper roll will rotate together. If now the first sheet of paper on the roll be grasped and pulled, the cylinder or reel will be turned against the tension of the spring 56, and the arm 42 and arm 7 2 moved from the full line to the dotted line positions shown inFig. 1, at which point the pull on the paper will be sufficient to cause the same to part along the perforated line 60. In the unwinding of the paper, the finger 7 4: will swing through the path of the paper in the neighborhood of the perforated'portion of the latter, the finger bending the paper out of its way if it should not happen to cross the path of the paper exactly at the perforated line. As soon as the sheet of paper has been torn off, the spring 56 rotates the roll back to initial position and the arm 72, which is now beneath the next sheet of paper, follows the latter and maintains its free end disengaged from the roll, so that when the roll comes to rest, this end of the paper will be caused to hang free in proper position to be grasped for the next operation of the device.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that I have provided a simple and very efficient device for carrying out the objects of my invention, and while the specification sets forth what I consider to be the pre ferred form of my invention, I desire to be understood as reserving the right to such changes and modifications as may properly fall within the spirit and scope of the anpended claims.

I claim:

I. In a paper roll holder, a spring reel for holding said roll, an arm projecting from said reel, and means carried by said arm for engaging the paper as unwound from the roll, and disengaging from the body of the roll the free end of the paper left on the roll.

2. In a paper roll holder, a spring reel for holding the roll, an arm projecting from said reel, and a finger carried by said arm, said finger projecting laterally into position to cross the path of the paper as unwound from the roll, and returning to initial position behind the next sheet of paper to be detached.

3. In a paper roll holder, a spring reel for holding the roll, a bracket, means for holding said reel in. said bracket, and means carried by said reel for engaging the paper as unwound from the roll and serving to hold disengaged from the body of the roll the free end of the next sheet of paper to be detached.

4. In a paper roll holder, a bracket, a reel for holding said roll, a pair of telescoping rods for journaling said reel, one of the rods being nonrotatably mounted in one arm of the bracket and the other rod being held yicldingly and rotatably engaged with the other arm of the bracket, a spring for returning said rotatable rod to initial position after being rotated, and an arm carried by said rotatable rod and extending into position to engage said reel and the paper roll to cause the same to rotate in unison with said rotatable rod.

In a paper roll holder, a bracket, a reel for holding said roll, a pair of telescoping rods for journaling said reel, one of the rods being non-rotatably mounted in one arm of the bracket and the other rod being held yieldingly and rotatably engaged with the other arm of the bracket, a spring for returning said rotatable rod to initial position after being rotated, and an arm pivotally mounted on said rod and engaging said reel and the paper roll to cause them to rotate in unison with said rotatable rod, said arm being adapted to swing parallel with said rods to allow the roll to be mounted upon the reel.

6. In a paper roll holder, a reel, a bracket, a pair of telescoping rods for journaling said reel, one of said rods being rotatably and the other non-rotatably mounted in said bracket, a second bracket mounted slidingly onsaid rotatable rod, a torsional spring conmeeting said second bracket with said nonrotatable rod, and an arm carried by said rotatable rod and engaging said sliding bracket and said reel and the paper roll to cause them to rotate in unison with said rotatable rod, said arm being also adapted to slide said rotatable rod upon the other rod to disengage the former from said firstnamed bracket.

7. In a paper roll holder, a reel, a bracket, a pair of telescoping rods for journaling said reel, one of said rods being rotatably and the other non-rotatably mounted in said bracket, a second bracket mounted slidingly on said rotatable rod, a torsional spring connecting said second bracket with said non-rotatable rod, an arm pivoted to said rotatable rod and adapted to be swung parallel with said rods to allow the roll to be mounted upon the reel, and also to be swung into engagement with said sliding bracket and reel and the paper roll to cause them to rotate in unison with said rotatable rod, and means to latch the arm in roll engaging posit-ion.

8. In a paper roll holder, a bracket, a spring reel mounted in said bracket, a pivoted arm mounted slidingly on said reel for engaging the roll to cause the latter to rotate with the reel, and means connecting the arm with one of the trunnions of the reel whereby bodily sliding movement of the arm will disengage said trunnion from the bracket, said arm being movable upon its pivot into a line parallel with the axis of the reel to allow the roll to be mounted on the reel. 7

9. In a paper roll holder, a bracket, a spring reel mounted in said bracket, an arm mounted pivotally and slidinglyupon said reel for engaging the roll to cause the latter to rotate in unison with the reel, means connecting the arm with one of the trunnions of the reel whereby bodily sliding movement of said arm will disengage said trunnion from the bracket, said arm being movable upon its pivot into a line parallel with the axis of the reel to permit the roll to be mounted on the reel, and means for latching said arm in roll engaging position.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

HERBERT M. STURGIS.

l/Vitnesses:

G. W. DUVALL, G. Y. THORPE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

